Pictures of my 1893 Chiliean Mauser?

[1911crazy]

The problem with most non matching bolts is the bolts were removed when the rifles were stored, they were seperated. This is why we see so many non matching bolts with the chilean 7mm mausers. One problem i read about with these 7mm's is the excessive throat wear on another forum. These longer rounds with the heavier bullets that they used in the 7mm mausers(173grs) is probably the cause of it with the lengthened free-bore it took to fit the 7x57 round with the longer heavier bullet. Then if we reload and use the lighter shorter bullet we make the free-bore even longer. I think this is the reason the throat gets battered by the shorter lighter bullet. After reading tis it makes sense to me but if my headspace is good and my crown is ok and she shoots thats all i really worry about right now. But the throat maybe worth a looksee just to inspect it. Bill

BTW; I think the sweet spot is the standard heavy rounds for the 7mm mauser just because of the longer free-bore. The 7mm mauser is one of the flattest shooting rounds there is. This is why the USA copied the design for the 30-06.

With the headspace i ended up purchasing all the field headspace gauges for all my military calibers. This way i'm sure of the condition of the chamber and its safe to shoot before shooting it. Then a few at a time i purchased all the no-go headspace gauges too. Then i purchased the go gauges for the rifles i changed the barrels on. It pays to check the headspace before we shoot it. I had one very bad chamber on a rifle i purchased from Century arms in there ufix'em deals. The headspace is so bad the gun would of blown up if i shot it. Its good to check the headspace with the headspace gauges on every surplus rifle just to be sure there ok to shoot. I take nothing for granted now that its good. Its a god thing i went with my gut feeling about this rifle and checked it before i shot it. Safety first,besafe.